6th Grade Orientation

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Welcome to the MS/HS!

Agenda

Expectations

Schedules and Building Layout

Lockers

First Week/Day

Answer Questions

Arrival/Dismissal

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Building Expectations

Respect

Treat everyone with respect

• Follow the Golden Rule

�Use language that is appropriate for school

• Avoid profanities, vulgarities, crude or offensive words
• Speak at an appropriate volume for the particular setting

�Wear clothing that is appropriate for school

• Follow the dress code
• Keep your hat in your locker during the school day

�Care about YOUR school

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Building Expectations

Effort

Do the Right Thing—all the time!

• Be a person of integrity
• Model appropriate behavior for others
• Take care of business!
• Admit your mistakes

�Take care of YOUR school

• Keep your area clean and neat
• Treat your textbooks gently
• Pick up after yourself and others

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Building Expectations

Attitude

Be positive!

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Persevere

• Stick with it
• Work through it

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Take pride in YOUR school!

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Building Expectations

Safety

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Wear your mask!

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Wash your hands!

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Stay 6 feet apart!

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Bell Schedule

Look at Your Schedule

First Block will be split into two class periods. You will have Reading from 8:00 to 8:46. At 8:46 you will go to Target, Band, or Choir depending on the day. Band is on Red Days and Choir is on Black Days.

Look at Your Schedule

Lunch will be in the middle of 2nd Block.

Look at Your Schedule

You Quarter Class will change each quarter. Quarter Classes are Art, Tech, Music and STEM.

Building Map

Classroom Example

Lockers

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Combination

1. Turn all the way around to the right (clockwise) at least 4 times to clear the lock. Go to the first number.

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Lockers

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Combination

2. Turn left (counter-clockwise) past the first number to the second number.

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Lockers

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Combination

3. Turn to the right (clockwise) immediately to the third number.

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Lockers

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• Each student will have a regular locker in the hallway
• You may want to have a lock for PE this year even though we are not assigning PE Lockers.
• Your locker is for you alone. Do not share your locker combination or share your locker with other students.
• Always lock your locker.
• If you have locker problems, report them to one of your teachers.
• If you know someone has your locker combination, you can get a new one by going to the office.
• Clothes cannot stay in the PE lockers
• Locker room will be cleaned daily

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The first week of school.

Cohort 1 will be in school on Tuesday, September 8.

• Get class materials including textbooks
• Get Chromebooks
• Practice opening lockers multiple times
• Organize binders
• Building Tours
• School/Classroom Expectations

The first week of school.

Cohort 2 will be in school on Thursday, September 10.

• Get class materials including textbooks
• Get Chromebooks
• Practice opening lockers multiple times
• Organize binders
• Building Tours
• School/Classroom Expectations

Arriving at School

• Busses will drop students off in front of the building. Bus students enter the main MS/HS door.
• Parents drop off students on the west side of the school at door 12 or 13. Door 11 will be an Exit Only door this year. No one will be allowed into the building until 7:45 AM.
• If you would like to get breakfast stop by the cafeteria and pick up a grab and go breakfast and take it with you to your first class.
• Drop off anything you need to in your locker.
• Go immediately to your Reading classroom.
• Students may go to lockers in between classes, but are encouraged to use their bags to reduce clustering around the lockers

Arriving at School

Dismissal

• Students riding the bus home will be dismissed first.
• Take items you need from your locker and exit through the main MS/HS doors and proceed to your bus.
• Everyone else will then be dismissed. Students picked up by parents can meet them on the south side of the fieldhouse.
• All students should leave the building after school unless they are in an after school activity.

Dismissal